Rangers troll Astros’ Come and Take It flag

A photo posted by pender_morrow (@pender_morrow) on Oct 4, 2015 at 3:20pm PDT

The Astros had a grip on first place in the American League West for most of the season until a rough September let the Texas Rangers sneak in and walk away with the division title. Back in the good, old days when the Astros were in first place, they started waving a Come and Take It flag around Minute Maid Park. On Sunday, when the Rangers clinched the AL West title on the last day of the regular season, the Rangers revealed a slogan of their own: “We came and took it.”

Since the Rangers seemed like they had the division locked up for a week before limping down the stretch, we can assume there were some tense moments in Arlington when the Rangers PR department thought their ultimate troll job might never see the light of day. With both teams in the playoffs, we could find out shortly exactly who took what. The Astros open the playoffs with a wild card game Tuesday against the Yankees. The Rangers play the Toronto Blue Jays in a best-of-5 series, beginning Thursday.